Rep. Brian Higgins

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5580

To prioritize funding for the National Institutes of Health to discover treatments and cures, to maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and to restore the purchasing power the NIH had after the historic doubling campaign that ended in fiscal year 2003.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5503

To reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of t...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5484

To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces, to establish an advisory board on exposure to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee conce...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5445

Postal Jobs Protection Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5439

Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5182

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages, and for other purposes.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5051

To ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees' birth control and other health care decisions.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR5009

Military Separation Pay Fairness Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4864

Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4816

Toxic Exposure Research and Military Family Support Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee conce...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4511

Protecting Students From Automatic Default Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4415

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as f...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4411

Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con...

Brian Higgins  has co-sponsored bill HR4241

To withdraw approval for the drug Zohydro ER and prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from approving such drug unless it is reformulated to prevent abuse.

  Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....